New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-28
BELL SCORES A POINT.
THE CHARGES OF FRAUD EXPLODED.
MIR. HILL THROWS HIS BOOMERANG IN THE UNITED
STATES sEPREME COURT.

MR. HILL THROWS HIS BOOMERANG IN THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON Jan 27-In tie telephone hearing today
after some objections by Justice Miller to admitting the
question Of fraud before them had been overrned by the
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court Mr. HILL attorney for
the Peoples and Overland Company resumed his argu
ment where he left off yesterday. He maintained first
that I'm February, 1876 after Professor Bell hal filed bis
apnc. tau for a patent, he surrcpously obtained
through In the Patent Office IN
formation with regard To contents OF eaveat filed by
Professor Elisha Gray to protect Sphonn process In
vented by him that Professor Bell avae aset OF tho
knowledge thus obtained TO amend and widen his On
specifications as include many OF the features Of
Professor Grays invention Second that between Febru
airy IA and February 10, 1876 Pollok and Bailey Bells
patent attorneys, in consequence OF the guilty know
edge which they had Of the contents OF Grays cayeat
bodily interpoated an important invention ard claim
therefor into Bells specifications" As proof OF snch
fraudulent Interpolation Mr. Hin referred to Two dDc.
ments one q copy OF Professor Bells specifications which
was given in January 1876 to George Brown to be taken
TO England for the purpose OF obtaining patent there,
and the other a certified copy OF the nterlined and
nterpoated specifications which had at one time been
file In the Patent Ohce but which. he said,
Professor Bell, his attorneys by collision with
the employees OF the Patent Oflice had subsequently
moved and destroyed to conceal the fraudulent inter.
polaons. substituting therefore clean copy which
the inerlineatiOns had been incorporated. He man-
tanned that the Geor Brown copy Of the specifications
were he original form in which they were fled that
the certified copy of the specifications obtained from the
Patent Office in 1879 and used exhibit in the Dowd
in Massachusetts, showing, 1t did thrty-nne
alterations and nterlineatons, the next step in the
fraud and that such fraud had Leen consummated by the
abstraction OF this nerpoated and nerlined copy from
the files OF the Patent Office and that substitution for OF
clean copy time between 1879 when the transcript
nsed in the Dowd case made and 1885, when 1t
discovered that this transcript had disappeared and
clean copy purportng TO be the original had been put in
its place.
Mr.. Burs charges OF fraud rested mainly upon the
second statement above referred to.
Every eve was on Me- Storrow when he rose 10 reply,
and every seemed to be wondering what would be
the Bell COmpanys line OF defence. inasmuch the
charge fraud had been sprung suddenly upon them
this court and there nothing in their printed briefs
to show they intended meet it. The fash Of antic
pated triumph, however, which lighted up the face OF
Mr. Dickerson OF counsel for Bell as Mr. Hill took his
seat showed attentive observers that the Bell Company
had what It believed To be mpregnable defence Mr.
storrow devoted himself first to attempt TO show that
such changes had been made in Professor Bells spec
catons after the George Brown copy had been semitic
England were changes which he had perfect legal
right make that they made in due time. and that
they had relation whatever 10 the GRAY cayeat hut
the results OF Professor Bells Independent TIL kinz
When" said Mr. St0rrow, II was preparing for the
argument In the Dowd case which was pending in the
Unad states Court for the District Of Massachusetts
became iasessary for 10 compare the specifications
contained n1YiessOr Bells application for patent, with
purpose OF obtaining patent in that country sent
the Patent Office and obtained certified copy OF the
Bell specifications in the torn in winch they then were
and always have been on file there Ibegan comparing
hi; certified copy with the George Brown sperieuon
IN pencil on the certified copy the variations rom
were earlier in MONT OF time. After II became
necessary 10 put certified copy Of the original Bell
specifications In evidence an exhibit IN tho
llpsyl sp keI.